About ISFR
The International Symposium on Feedstock Recycling of Polymeric Materials (ISFR) is a biennial international symposium focusing on the various processes for the valorization of polymeric wastes, initialized by the Research Association for Feedstock Recycling of Plastics, Japan (FSRJ).
The actual symposium 9th ISFR 2017 will be primarily aimed at international development of industrial, research and university sphere and presentation of new knowledge and findings in the field of polymeric materials recycling, plastics production, municipal and industrial waste landfill and energetic exploitation of biomass and waste by processes of combustion, gasification and pyrolysis. The relating topics are also relevant to scope of the conference.
The symposium objective is bringing together scientists, engineers and other industrial experts across the world to brainstorm on the recent developments in the mentioned topics, to establish new contacts for future cooperation and present results of their research activities.
The non-biodegradable nature of the plastic waste poses serious problems to the environment and hence, recycling and recovery of polymeric residues is the need of the hour. Also biomass, particularly residues of agriculture and forestry, is a potential source for the sustainable production of hydrocarbons. Furthermore, recycling techniques for precious metals and noble earth, originating mainly from e-waste, play a significant role in future raw materials supply. The increasing industrial utilization of polymer compounds, like carbon fiber reinforced plastic, demands appropriate recycling techniques. Also, relevant processing of organic materials, especially waste one, by pyrolysis and gasification is nowadays increasing because of undisputable benefits of these technologies.
Scope
The symposium encompasses all topics related to the recycling and recovery of polymeric wastes like waste plastics (municipal, industrial, production, process, e-waste) and biomass.
Polymer waste management around the world.
Polymeric waste availability and conversion methods – statistics and strategies.
Mechanical recycling of waste plastics.
Thermo-chemical routes (pyrolysis, gasification, combustion etc.) for industrial, municipal plastic waste and biomass.
Biological routes for industrial, municipal plastic waste and biomass.
Legislation in waste management.
Landfill of plastic waste and related waste.
E-waste treatment techniques.
Metal recovery from polymeric waste.
Recycling techniques for precious metals/noble earths.
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) recycling – recycling of polymer compounds.
Recycling of solar batteries and panels.
Sustainability – LCA studies.
Socio-economic questions of recycling.
History and footprints
1st ISFR, 1999 Japan
Tohoku University, Sendai
31st October – 3rd November, 1999
2nd ISFR, 2002 Belgium
Vrije University of Brussels, Ostend
8th – 11th September, 2002
3rd ISFR, 2005 Germany
University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
25th – 29th September, 2005
4th ISFR, 2007 Korea
Korea Institute of Energy Research, Jeju
16th – 20th September, 2007
5th ISFR, 2009 China
Sichuan University, Sichuan
11th – 14th October, 2009
6th ISFR, 2011 Spain
University Rey Juan Carlos, Toledo
4th – 6th October, 2011
7th ISFR, 2013 India
CSIR – Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
India, 23rd – 26th October, 2013
8th ISFR, 2016, Austria
Montanuniversität Leoben
7th – 10th October, 2015
Committees
Chairman
Prof. Dr. Petr Praus
VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Prof. Dr. Bohumír Strnadel
VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Prof. Dr. Motonobu Goto
President of FSRJ, Japan
Organizing Secretary
Dr. Stanislav Honus
VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Prof. Dr. Toshiaki Yoshioka
Tohoku University, Japan
Dr. Shogo Kumagai
Tohoku University, Japan
National Organizing Committee
Prof. Dr. Tomáš Čermák
VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Prof. Dr. Pavel Kolat
VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Prof. Dr. Lucie Obalová
VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Dr. Stanislav Honus
VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Prof. Dr. Bohumír Strnadel
VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Prof. Dr. Petr Sáha, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kamil Kolarčík
VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Dr. Jan Čermák
Prof. Dr. Vladimír Strakoš
College of Logistic, Czech Republic
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ivo Hlavatý
VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Prof. Dr. Petr Praus
VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Stanislav Mišák
VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Prof. Dr. Vladimír Kubánek
Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Dr. Veronika Blahůšková
VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Dr. Simona Jursová
VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Dr. Barbora Grycová
VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Zdeněk Šmída
VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Scientific Committee
Prof. Dr. M. Lehner
Montanuniv. Leoben, Austria
Dr. Tohru Kamo
National Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Tech., Japan
Dr. T. Bhaskar
CSIR – Indian Inst. of Petroleum, India
Prof. Dr. A. Buekens
Free Univ. of Brussels, Belgium
Prof. Dr. Motonobu Goto
Nagoya University, Japan
Dr. E. Jakab
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Dr. Czegeny Zsuzsanna
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Mr. M. Ida
Plastic Waste Management Institute, Japan
Prof. Dr. Joo-Sik Kim
University of Seoul, South Korea
Dr. Soo Hyun Chung
KIER, South Korea
Prof. Dr. F. P. La Mantia
University of Palermo, Italy
Prof. Dr. Anja Oasmaa
VTT, Finland
Prof. A. Pandey
CIAB, Mohali, India
Mr. S. Seki
Vinyl Environmental Council, Japan
Prof. Dr. David Serrano
Univ. Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Prof. Dr. Michael Stocker
SINTEF, Norway
Prof. Dr. C. Vasile
Romanian Academy Iasi, Romania
Prof. Dr. Yu-Zhong Wang
Sichuan University, China
Prof. Dr. Paul T. Williams
University of Leeds, UK
Prof. Dr. Toshiaki Yoshioka
Tohoku University, Japan
Prof. Dr. Petr Praus
VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Prof. Dr. Gabriel Fedorko
Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
Dr. Milan Vujanovic
University of Zagreb, Croatia
Prof. Dr. Ricardo Chacartegui
University of Seville, Spain
Prof. Jonathan Woon Chung WONG
Hong Kong Baptist University
Prof. Veena Sahajwalla
Smart Center at UNSW Australia, Australia
Partners
Sponsors
Contact
Dr. Stanislav Honus and Dr. Simona Jursová
VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava
17. listopadu 15/2172, 708 33
Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic
phone: +420 597 325 421
e-mail: isfr@vsb-tuo.cz